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This is a list of established military terms which have been in use for at least 50 years. Since technology and doctrine have changed over time, not all of them are in current use, or they may have been superseded by more modern terms. However, they are still in current use in articles about previous military periods.
CAR – Short for Combat Action Ribbon; Captain's Mast – Office Hours afloat. The term "Captain's Mast" is almost universally negative, implying non-judicial punishment. The modern Navy and Marine Corps use the term "Meritorious Mast" to announce any ceremony involving the meritorious award of a higher rank or of a particular recognition or ...
The Brooks derailment was a rail accident that occurred in Brooks, Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States, about 15 miles south of Louisville. [1]At 08:43 EST on January 16, 2007, a CSX Transportation train pulling 80 cars from Birmingham, Alabama, to Louisville, Kentucky, derailed.
Baltimore was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. at University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital. The coroner’s office said wet road conditions are believed to have caused the wreck.
The closure was reported two hours after a separate two-vehicle accident occurred on I-65 North at mile marker 110 in Bullitt County just before 6 a.m., according to TRIMARC.
A 22-year-old University of Kentucky student died in a car accident in Georgetown Monday, according to the Scott County Sheriff’s Office and UK.
Rick Atkinson ascribes the origin of SNAFU, FUBAR, and a bevy of other terms to cynical G.I.s ridiculing the Army's penchant for acronyms. [6] Private Snafu is the title character of a series of military instructional films, most of which were written by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, Philip D. Eastman, and Munro Leaf. [7]
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